Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Get it together Arcee! You're not gonna let the 'Cons win! Arcee scolds herself as she sits in the brig. For some reason, all her fight and determination to escape this ship melts away whenever Soundwave is around. And why does she become so hypnotized by his optics? She shouldn't be into him like this. She won't fall for a 'Con! She can't imagine why she would be acting this way, surely she's not falling for a Decepticon. Is she?
Arcee is pulled from her thoughts when the door to the brig opens and she looks up to see Soundwave walk in with a cube of Energon in his servo. Why did he have to arrive now when she's just questioning her feelings for this mech? She watches him in silence as he closes the door and walks over to her. He stops two feet away from her trying not to get too close to her and he squats down. He extends his arm that's holding the Energon cube to hand it to her.
"Drink. You haven't had any in a while."
Arcee just looks at him, refusing to take the Energon, "Arcee, stop being stubborn. I didn't do anything to it." Soundwave says firmly.
"First tell me why you're being so nice to me. I'm an Autobot and your prisoner, but you don't treat me as such."
Soundwave looks at her as he ponders his answer, "You're important to Lord Megatron's cause and all of us must-"
"Don't give me that scrap! It's not because of Megatron! There's another reason."
Soundwave sets the cube down on the floor before reaching up to remove his visor. Once it's removed he gives her a stern look as he stands up, he then grabs her arms and pulls her to her feet. He sends one tentacle towards her body, placing it on her abdomen, as his other tentacle picks up the Energon cube, "I don't have time for games Arcee, I was telling the truth, there's no other reason. Now drink the Energon."
For some odd reason, Arcee felt a bit hurt by that, but she's not giving up that easily. She's determined to find out the truth, "I don't think so. Standing up for me against Knockout, saving my life, refusing to chain me up..." She brings a servo up to his tentacle that's resting against her abdomen, she knows he means to be threatening by doing this, but she's not scared of him. She runs a digit over the tentacle running it down the length of it until she reaches his body, "You felt guilty for hurting me, you brought me Energon, you're making sure I'm well and healthy." She glances down at his abdomen as her digit runs across it, she can't deny that he's really sexy. She starts losing her train of thought so she looks back up to his optics.
Soundwave is losing it, he wants to just melt into her touch and never leave this brig. His spark pulses faster than he thought was possible as he felt his spike grow hard. He knows exactly what she's up to but he can't bring himself to stop her, he wants more of her touches.
"Everything you have done isn't because of Megatron. I think there's more to it." She continues as she places her other servo on his abdomen. She slides them to his sides and he grabs them and pins them to the wall.
He presses his body against hers as he intertwines his digits with hers and presses his forehelm against hers looking longingly into her optics, "I love you Arcee, and if you don't stop doing this I'm gonna lose control and frag the scrap out of you right here in this brig."
Arcee looks into his optics, he finally told the truth. He loves her, this Decepticon, Megatron's right-hand mech and sound chief is in love with her. But does she love him? That's something she's been questioning ever since their time in the cave.
"I know you hate me and only see me as the enemy, but -"
"I don't hate you. But I can't say that I love you. I'm not sure what my feelings are, it's something I've been questioning lately."
Hearing that makes Soundwave happy, she might not be in love with him yet but she seems to be on the way there. At least she doesn't hate him. Before any more could be said Megatron calls Soundwave on the comm needing his assistance. Soundwave releases her servos as he backs away from her, he hands her the Energon which she takes without hesitation this time and he picks up his visor.
"Lord Megatron needs my assist so I must leave you." He says before putting the visor back on, "I'll return later and you better have drunk the Energon." He says before he exits the brig, closing and locking the door behind him.
Soundwave had to cool himself down as he walked to where Megatron is waiting for him. He didn't expect any of that to happen when he went into the brig to give her the Energon. He expected to just go in, give her the Energon, maybe have a small talk, and then leave. She really surprised him when she started touching him, but it was a surprise he didn't mind excepting. She's one step closer to being his.
He manages to fully cool down by the time he reaches Megatron, who is standing with a group of Vehicons, "There you are Soundwave. I'm leaving the ship for a bit and I want you to watch over things." Soundwave just nods before he goes to attend to his business. Megatron and the Vehicons leave the ship to track down the signal of the data Megatron is looking for.
When Megatron and the Vehicons arrive at the location they find Optimus and Ratchet instead, "Optimus, you're certainly not the Autobot I expected to find here. Let me guess, you rigged a transponder to mimic the frequency of the data I seek." Megatron looked between Optimus and Ratchet and smirked, "What happened to the rest of your team? You're now reduced to having your lapdog come to fight alongside you."
Ratchet glared at him while Optimus stepped forward, "Megatron, I have a proposal." Optimus says and the Vehicons point their weapons at him.
Megatron raises a servo to signal for them to lower their weapons, "I'm... listening."
"Surrender the cylinder and I will return it to you, fully restored."
Megatron raises the cylinder that's in his servo, "This trinket right here? And pray tell. What trifles did it hold that you are so anxious to give away?"
"Except my terms, and you will find out."
"Do you remember the time you watched Wheeljack lob his own grenade into the Decepticon heat exchanger?" Miko asks Bulkhead in an effort to help him keep his memories.
"Who?"
"Wheeljack, your best bud? Besides me of course." Miko says as she brings up the picture of Bulkhead and Wheeljack that she had on her phone and shows it to him. Bulkhead looks at it before returning to his painting and Miko grows frustrated, "Do you even know who I am?"
"Of course, you're..." Bulkhead trails off as he tries to remember but he goes back to his painting again.
Raf walks over to Miko as she looks disappointed and he lays a hand on her arm in comfort. Miko looks down at him, "I was really hoping nothing would happen to him. How are you and Jack so at ease with what happened to your guardians?"
"What makes you think we are? Jack is still worried sick about Arcee and I'm here hoping that Bumblebee will wake up soon and show that he'll be alright. Don't give up on him Miko, I'm sure you'll find a way to help him."
Miko thinks it over before she gets an idea. She runs over to punch in some coordinates before she takes the mop out of Bulkhead's servo and runs to the groundbridge. She turns to look at Bulkhead as she raises the mop over her head, "Come on. You want to finish your formula, don't you?"
"Miko, what are you doing!? You shouldn't leave the base! He shouldn't leave the base!" Raf calls out to her in concern.
"I'm trying out an idea to get Bulkhead back to normal. You're the one that said not to give up on him."
"Yeah, but I don't mean leave the base."
"Pipe down. Just stay near the controls and bridge us back when I call you." Miko said before she ran into the groundbridge. Raf just watches her leave before he turns his attention to Bumblebee. He doesn't blame Miko for doing something foolish to bring back her guardian and close friend, he would do the same for Bumblebee.